The Tomlin-Davies Crew on Annalee

Vessel Name: Annalee
Vessel Make/Model: Hallberg Rassy HR43
Crew: Si, Mel, Will & Millie
06 August 2019 | Bruges
05 August 2019 | Mercator Marina Ostend
24 August 2017 | Bay of Roses
20 August 2017 | Golfe de Juan
14 August 2017 | Anse de Cavaliere
12 August 2017 | Playa Guilloia
09 August 2017 | Roses
08 August 2017 | Palamos
07 August 2017 | Costa Dorada
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06 August 2019 | Bruges

Bruges

We planned on spending a day relaxing before the next two legs of the trip, so had a leisurely breakfast and took the train to Bruges. What a picturesque place it is, we walked around exploring picture postcard streets and had lunch at a place called Books & Brunch. They stocked lots of books in all [...]

05 August 2019 | Mercator Marina Ostend

Day 1 Dover to Ostend

We arrived in Dover late on Sunday evening having cheered Millie through the 200m Backstroke finals at Sheffield in the late afternoon. A dash down the M1 in torrential rain followed by a quick pit-stop at home to collect Will and the stuff we needed for the boat and we were once again on our way southwards. We [...]

24 August 2017 | Bay of Roses

Back to Spain

We finally managed to get away from Golfe de Juan. It was a really nice place but it wasn't part of the plan to spend so long there!

20 August 2017 | Golfe de Juan

Stuck in Golfe de Juan (or the black hole)

There has been no blog post for a few days as we've had, what seems like an escalating set of problems that needed sorting. On our way to Golfe de Juan - for what was planned to be a one-night stopover to refuel, water and visit the international fireworks display in Cannes - we experienced more engine [...]

14 August 2017 | Anse de Cavaliere

Finally in France

We managed to finally get over to France in a weather window. Leaving NE Spain on Sunday morning, we sailed until 23:30 to reach a town called La Ciotat which has a marina and a large bay, in which we anchored.

12 August 2017 | Playa Guilloia

Playa Gulloia

On Friday we moved from Roses to Cadaqués in windy conditions again -although thankfully the sea was smooth as the wind was gusting from the land and we were hugging the coast line. It was a relatively short journey of about three hours and we picked up a mooring buoy off the very picturesque town [...]

Monday 7th August

08 August 2017 | Palamos
Millie; very windy!!!
Hello everyone- it is your favourite Annalee crew member, Captain Millie.

Today we started our summer cruse by waking up VERY early to start our trip, (if you count 11am early- it's an hour later over here so 10 is ok I guess) and sailed in the gentle, scenic Mediterranean Sea for a short while (if you consider sailing in a 30knot wind gentle and 7 hours a short while).

It was a very, very eventful voyage that I will tell you more about now.

First Mate Mummy, and Skipper Daddy woke up quite early to prepare. Then after a while of unsuccessfully waiting for the rest of the crew, they set off. Both First Mate Mummy and Captain Millie (after she finally got up!) felt a little bit sea sick but they thought it was just because it was so hot! They thought it would just go away soon, after they regained their sea legs. However they weren't that lucky. The blowing breeze soon turned into a harsh wind. As the wind changed so did the gentle, rolling waves into large, viscous ones. Despite this, and their previously mentioned illness, Skipper Daddy still decided it was a good idea to rely solely on the sails.

Hours after this unpopular, kind of pleasant at times, decision, the weather became even worse and there was a very difficult moment involving a lot of skilful sailing. As Captain Millie was inside looking after the scared Ships Elephant Breeze, here is Ships Boy Will to describe it.

"It was scary"

Now that you got a detailed incite into what I missed let's continue.

After all of that Captain Millie thought Breeze would be ok so came back on deck and became the Chief Make-Sure-Daddy-Doesn't-Get-Wet-From-All-The-Spray-er(?). As there was ALOT of spray from the antecedently mentioned big waves, Captain Millie got very wet.

The crew finally decided to speak refuge in a nice little marina opposite the biggest motor boat ever- The Princess (we had actually seen the Princess before at a boat show ages ago). I'm guessing we (Daddy) will probably attach a photo but if not let me tell you it's big. If you are interested in renting it you could pay £191,000 per week for it. So yeah it's big. (No seriously, Google it.)

As the sky darkened, the family tucked into a delicious meal made by Skipper Daddy. Later Captain Millie and The Ships Boy Will went for a walk while First Mate Mummy slept (a good idea) and Skipper Daddy planed the rest of the voyage.

The End...

P.S Does anyone else with long hair understand the struggle of eating in the wind?
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